I Should Have Listened

my mom used to tell me not to fall in love until a boy came along that knew I was perfect she told me not to sing my favorite songs with somebody who would easily forget the way they made me feel so I never did and I never mixed those two things either because falling love with shaky hands and warm breath is not the same as lyrics that make me feel okay but it was when I met a boy like you who made me forget how to breathe that what my mother had told me so long ago was lost with all the secrets we shared I never wanted to be perfect just to be loved by this boy who had rough skin and calming eyes and who wouldn’t soon forget the lyrics to my favorite songs